54:, then studied at the Sorbonne and the École du Louvre, and while still a student, began working at the museum as an intern in 1951. In 1952, he was appointed to lead a team to catalog works of art recovered or repatriated from looting during the war.
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project from its inception in 1981, and defended the design choice of the
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Exposition de peinture hollandaise provenant ... du Musée du Louvre
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was his mentor. In 1965 he was appointed by
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